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Informationen zum Autor David W. Miller is a retired naval officer, Department of Justice attorney and federal administrative law judge. The author of three other books, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Klappentext Between the settlement of the Pilgrims in New England in 1620 and the 1850s, native Indians were forced to move west of the Mississippi River. In the process they surrendered, mainly reluctantly, their claims to 412,000 square miles of land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River and the Mason-Dixon Line. Relying on the words of those involved and pertinent documents, this study gives insight into the thoughts and attitudes of those demanding the movement and the efforts of the Indians to remain. The changes in governmental policies that came about as a result of the Revolutionary War are noted as is the incremental weakening of the Indians as the avalanche of settlers moved west. Attention is given to the policies of George Washington and his secretary of war, Henry Knox, in the early years of the United States. Zusammenfassung "This work examines presidential policies! the cultural and community splits within the "Five Civilized Nations" (Creek! Cherokee! Choctaw! Chickasaw and Seminole) and the various ways in which Indians attempted to maintain their ethnic identity during their traumatic removal. It provides a window into the thoughts and attitudes of those on both sides of the controversy"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface 1. Kingdom of Saguenay (1497-1543) 2. Iroquois Conquests (1580-1653) 3. Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay 4. Destruction of the Pequot 5. Next Were the Narragansetts 6. King Philip's War 7. The Fur Trade and Struggles Between the French, English, and Indians (1641-1753) 8. Pennsylvania (1681-1754) 9. Iroquois Route to the South 10. Who Owns Land in the Ohio River Watershed 11. French and Indian War (1755-1763) 12. War's Aftermath in the North (Pontiac's War 1763-1764) 13. Proclamation of 1763, Lawlessness, and the British 1764 Offensives 14. Frontiersmen Out of Control and the 1768 Treaty at Fort Stanwix 15. Land Schemes 16. Dunmore's War 17. Early Kentucky Settlements 18. A New Force Emerges 19. The Northern Frontier During the War Years 20. Indians Betrayed 21. Kentucke (1782-1792) 22. Defining Indian Boundaries in the Six Nations and North of the Ohio 23. Chaos in the Northwest 24. The Ohio Company 25. Negotiating for an Indian Boundary for the Northern Tribes 26. Washington's First Offensive in the West Flounders (1790) 27. Another Failure (1791) 28. Mad Anthony Prepares (1792-1793) 29. Mad Anthony Prevails-Treaty of Greenville (1794-1795) 30. Taking Over the Northwest Territory (1801-1819) 31. More Indiana Land Ceded and the War of 1812 32. Mopping Up in the Lower Northwest Territory (1817-1847) 33. Lead Mines and the Black Hawk War 34. Michigan and Wisconsin Through the Years 1807-1854 Notes Bibliography Index ...
